Last Mile. Cascades 517 passes through the North Portal limits on its way to King Street Station.

On a beautiful fall morning, Amtrak 516 departs north for Vancouver, BC after completing its last station stop in the US in Bellingham, WA on September 3rd, 2023.

After a quick station stop at Edmonds, WA, 516's train continues its trip north to Vancouver, BC.

VANCOUVER WA May 2 2008 — Amtrak F59PHI 468 leads a Cascades train to a stop at the Amtrak station. EMD built the unit (s/n 996722-19) in October 1998 for Amtrak Cascades service in the Pacific... (more)

A southbound Cascades departs for Eugene

WSDOT 1406 crosses Mud Bay with southbound Vancouver to Seattle Amtrak Cascades train 519.

The SC44s used to pull the Amtrak Cascades service are owned by Washington State DOT. In previous years this train used the cooler looking 'batmobile' Talgo passenger cars, but it still sports a ... (more)

Amtrak Cascades F40PH NPCU 90252 passes through White Rock on Northbound Seattle, WA to Vancouver, BC train 516.

The Cascadian glides past Chambers Bay golf course along Puget Sound.

Amtrak train 504 departs Vancouver, Washington for Seattle. Now that the Cascades train has completed its station work, the southbound Coast Starlight will advance to the passenger platform.

Amtrak 503, the morning Cascades train from Seattle to Eugene, arrives at Oregon City, Oregon. The cab car leading the train was painted for use with the Talgo Series 6 trainsets, which were retir... (more)

"Please Pass the Grain" At Ruston (Tacoma) Amtrak Cascades train 505 steps by a grain train which was waiting for a spot at the TEMCO facility. Mount Rainier in the distance.

The two Talgo series 6 trainsets owned by Washington State, are headed for scrap in LA. WSDOT retired all of the Series 6 trainsets and they were implicated by the NTSB in the severity of the 12/... (more)

Train 792, the Northwest Talgo, departs Portland for Seattle. The Talgo equipment was in its first month of operation in the Northwest.

A special demonstration Talgo run returns to Portland from Salem. The train is passing the timetable east end of Southern Pacific's Brooklyn Yard.